Combe yesterday (21.04.07)

Simon

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Rather than fill Drexels thread thought I'd make my own:

Few pics first. Think I was in the only S2000 there
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Good day, 2:15 was our Rovertech session so that was a nice well behaved session. Audi S4 out with us was good sport, I braked a bit late going into quarry and had to trail brake into the corner, great in a front drive but tends to get the back end out. Ended up going all the way around quarry sideways. Hopefully the guy who came and found me after will email the video he took of it :cool:

One of the rover lads stacked it on our session at quarry so didnt get a very long session. Then at 3.30 session I got a pass off someone for free as long as i took them out, I obliged and had a great session with nothing going past. The S2000 is awesome on the track, braking and handling it was catching everything and wasn't too bad on the straights, hitting about 115 -120mph before avon rise with the roof down isn't too bad. Rover was about 130mph. (S2000 speedo is bang on though)

The chincanes were great, loads of traction out of them

Brakes didnt fade nor judder(when hot) but i did find this after braking on cold disks.
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Oops new disks time, plain ones aswell! crack must close up when the disks are hot.

Tyres let me down a bit, great road tyres but they go all squidgy on the track, gets a bit floaty. Would love some nice stiff sidewall tyres for the next track. Some suspension mods would be great too but I cant really lower it much due to the ramp into my flat (has bottomed out with a boot of shopping and 2 people in the car).
 
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silane said:
I hope that isn't you undertaking on a corner :p

Did you notice much difference in cornering with the passenger?
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Overtaking on the right at combe, was prob waiting for the straight. Cornering was still pretty good even with an 18stone passenger.
 
lol was only pulling ya leg ;)

Always have wondered whether a passenger would help keep an even weight distribution over the front wheels, i've never been on the track on my own although i plan to this summer!

Tempted to get some Advans?
 
Running Toyo T1Rs, 35front, 34psi rear. They seem to get hot and I think the tread blocks start moving a bit. First few laps of each session when they were coldish it felt great.

Might try some Avon ZZ3s next, had them on the rover. Stiff sidewall and pretty decent on the track
 
Saw you in the later session m8, looked well good :),,, just going through my pics to see if i got some of your car :) I am sure my m8 got you on vid going through the last bend before the start/finnish
 
How did you find you got on with going up hills? :confused:

Having no torque I guess you just gave it a really good run-up and hope for the best? :confused:

;) :p
 
Swissy said:
Saw you in the later session m8, looked well good :),,, just going through my pics to see if i got some of your car :) I am sure my m8 got you on vid going through the last bend before the start/finnish
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Cheers, nice one on the pics and vids. Would be ace if you have some. Thanks
 
merlin said:
How did you find you got on with going up hills? :confused:

Having no torque I guess you just gave it a really good run-up and hope for the best? :confused:

;) :p
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I slipstreamed the screw modded 306s :p
 
Simon said:
What happened to it then
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Threw a rod, which dumped oil etc. over the brakes which then caught fire.

While it lasted, I enjoyed myself. The only problem was how long it lasted.

The engine had done 175k when I fitted it and, when I re-built it, I was a little surprised by how tired it looked. Not that this was necessarily the cause of the blow-up though. Oh no. For this, responsibility probably rests with me. Although I was running a Maptun ECU (1.7 bar max) I had added a gallon of methanol to the tank. This raised boost to about 1.9 bar max and has to be very near the limit of what the rods can take.

In truth, the car wasn’t very quick around the circuit either. Only at two brief points on the circuit was the TCS light staying off. Everywhere else I was either involved in out of shape braking, poor cornering or deadly slow TCS-controlled acceleration. The result was that I was only just staying in touch with Martin’s beautifully set up C900.
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